Publication detail

Sulfur determination in concrete samples using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and limestone standards

HRDLIČKA, A. HEGROVÁ, J NOVOTNÝ, K. KANICKÝ, V. PROCHAZKA, D. NOVOTNÝ, J. MODLITBOVÁ, P. SLÁDKOVÁ, L. POŘÍZKA, P. KAISER, J.

Original Title

Sulfur determination in concrete samples using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and limestone standards

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

A LIBS equipment operating at 532 nm was optimized and used for sulfur determination in concrete samples. The influence of He atmosphere in a gas-tight chamber (1000–200 mbar) on S I 921.29 nm line sensitivity, signal-to-background and signal-to-noise ratio was studied at gate delays 100–2000 ns. Wide range of gate delays from 500 to about 1000 ns and pressures from several hundreds of mbar to the atmospheric pressure can be used for the desired detection of sulfur. The LIBS quantification was done using a simple calibration method. A synthetic limestone enriched by defined amounts of sodium sulfate was newly employed for direct quantification of S in concrete. This powder material was pressed into pellets and ablated with the LIBS system. The average content of sulfur as SO3 in the samples was 0.41–0.70 wt% by LIBS and 0.43–0.61 wt% by a reference standard procedure employing gravimetry and Inductively Coupled Plasma Triple Quad Mass Spectrometry (ICP-QQQMS). The uncertainty of the yielded LIBS results covers also the dispersion of the points in the calibration line and ranges from 16 to 28% at the probability level of 95%. The uncertainty of the ICP-QQQMS results was almost 10%. No correction on different signal response on the limestone and on the concrete was necessary.

Keywords

Sulfur; Concrete; Limestone Standard; Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy; Inductively coupled Plasma Mass spectrometry; Triple Quadrupole

Authors

HRDLIČKA, A.; HEGROVÁ, J; NOVOTNÝ, K.; KANICKÝ, V.; PROCHAZKA, D.; NOVOTNÝ, J.; MODLITBOVÁ, P.; SLÁDKOVÁ, L.; POŘÍZKA, P.; KAISER, J.

Released

1. 4. 2018

Publisher

Elsevier B.V.

ISBN

0584-8547

Periodical

Spectrochimica Acta Part B

Year of study

142

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

8

Pages to

13

Pages count

6

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0584854717305529?via%3Dihub

BibTex

@article{BUT147060,
  author="Aleš {Hrdlička} and Jitka {Hegrová} and Karel {Novotný} and Viktor {Kanický} and David {Prochazka} and Jan {Novotný} and Pavlína {Modlitbová} and Lucia {Sládková} and Pavel {Pořízka} and Jozef {Kaiser}",
  title="Sulfur determination in concrete samples using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and limestone standards",
  journal="Spectrochimica Acta Part B",
  year="2018",
  volume="142",
  number="1",
  pages="8--13",
  doi="10.1016/j.sab.2018.01.015",
  issn="0584-8547",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0584854717305529?via%3Dihub"
}